Actually, I might put Hunger Games up there with Harry Potter, although it's a little bit like apples and oranges. But I don't think it needs to be an either/or choice. What's wrong with liking them both equally?_________________Roqoo Depot co-founder.

Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 10:09 am

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Cerrinea wrote:

Actually, I might put Hunger Games up there with Harry Potter, although it's a little bit like apples and oranges. But I don't think it needs to be an either/or choice. What's wrong with liking them both equally?

Exactly, and I think we can all agree that they are better than so much other young adult fiction available out there today._________________Perfection is a lifelong pursuit requiring sacrifice. The only way to get it quicker is to sacrifice the most.

Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 10:23 am

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Caedus_16 wrote:

Cerrinea wrote:

Actually, I might put Hunger Games up there with Harry Potter, although it's a little bit like apples and oranges. But I don't think it needs to be an either/or choice. What's wrong with liking them both equally?

Exactly, and I think we can all agree that they are better than so much other young adult fiction available out there today.

Sorry, a little off topic, but I loved these books called the Pendragon series. They were cool._________________There's always a bigger fish - Qui Gon Jinn.

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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 10:38 am

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DannikJerriko wrote:

Sorry, a little off topic, but I loved these books called the Pendragon series. They were cool.

I heard that, but never got around to reading them. I'll have to give them a shot._________________Perfection is a lifelong pursuit requiring sacrifice. The only way to get it quicker is to sacrifice the most.

Actually, I might put Hunger Games up there with Harry Potter, although it's a little bit like apples and oranges. But I don't think it needs to be an either/or choice. What's wrong with liking them both equally?

Having not read or watched either series, The Hunger Games seems much more appealing to me than Harry Potter.

Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 10:15 pm

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Well, honestly, I don't think you can really compare the two. The styles are totally different. Hunger Games is very gritty and Suzanne Collins was really brilliant with it.

While the Harry Potter story is dead serious, there's a charm to the books that Rowling just did so well.

I wouldn't want to pick between the two series, but if push came to shove Harry would win._________________Roqoo Depot co-founder.

Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 10:21 pm

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Cerrinea wrote:

Well, honestly, I don't think you can really compare the two. The styles are totally different. Hunger Games is very gritty and Suzanne Collins was really brilliant with it.

While the Harry Potter story is dead serious, there's a charm to the books that Rowling just did so well.

I wouldn't want to pick between the two series, but if push came to shove Harry would win.

I really thought Suzanne Collins did well with gritty, but I still can't enjoy reading Katniss. I enjoy most other characters but Katniss just falls dead in the water for me whereas Harry was always relatable, personable, and came off more real. Katniss just felt inconsistent.

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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:04 pm

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Caedus_16 wrote:

I really thought Suzanne Collins did well with gritty, but I still can't enjoy reading Katniss. I enjoy most other characters but Katniss just falls dead in the water for me whereas Harry was always relatable, personable, and came off more real. Katniss just felt inconsistent.

Harry wins for me to

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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:07 pm

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Cerrinea wrote:

Caedus_16 wrote:

I really thought Suzanne Collins did well with gritty, but I still can't enjoy reading Katniss. I enjoy most other characters but Katniss just falls dead in the water for me whereas Harry was always relatable, personable, and came off more real. Katniss just felt inconsistent.

Harry wins for me to

Actually, I really related to Katniss and liked her. Probably because she's so much like me: snarky and unfriendly (but deep down inside really cares a lot).

I enjoyed her "rough exterior but loving interior thing" but couldn't stand other things. I just don't think Collins realistically wrote a teenage female character living in a starvation plagued post-apocalyptic wasteland. She came off as too concerned over modern teenage things rather than the practical things it would have made more sense for her to have on her mind._________________Perfection is a lifelong pursuit requiring sacrifice. The only way to get it quicker is to sacrifice the most.

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My sister is well into The Hunger Games now and she agrees with me that it's better than Harry Potter.

Reep, buddy......I think our friendship has come to an end.

I told her that Narnia kind of spoiled Harry Potter for me, because it's like watching Star Trek after Star Wars. Yeah Trek has spaceships and aliens and stuff, but Star Wars that... and so much more!

I will concede that Rowling's technical writing skills are superior to Collins, but the idea behind THG is better imo. I mean magic in textbooks, really?

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Reepicheep wrote:

I will concede that Rowling's technical writing skills are superior to Collins, but the idea behind THG is better imo. I mean magic in textbooks, really?

That's what I mean. As someone who has never read/watched either series, a future post-apocalyptic world where people participate in survival games to win food for their district is much more exciting to me than kids going to a school to learn witchcraft and wizardry.

Of course, I'm more of a sci-fi guy, and generally not a fan of fantasy (few exceptions obviously ), so Cerrinea is definitely right in the fact that it is comparing apples to oranges. It all depends on what your tastes are.

I will concede that Rowling's technical writing skills are superior to Collins, but the idea behind THG is better imo. I mean magic in textbooks, really?

I guess it all depends if you could get into it. I personally found it engaging. Believe it or not, I actually found the Narnia books disappointing when I first read them. It really does all come down to personal taste. Caedus can't love THG because of Katniss, I can't because of the writing style.

I still adore the movie, though, and hope that Ross is kept on, if only for consistency's sake._________________All things die, Anakin Skywalker, even stars burn out.